WNSP
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| City | Bay Minette, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Mobile, Alabama |
| Branding | Sports Radio 105.5 |
| Frequency | 105.5 MHz |
| First air date | October 1, 1964 (as WBCA-FM) |
| Format | Sports |
| ERP | 5,300 watts |
| HAAT | 106 meters (348 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 21227 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°49′34″N 87°51′52″W / 30.82611°N 87.86444°WCoordinates: 30°49′34″N 87°51′52″W / 30.82611°N 87.86444°W |
| Former callsigns | WBCA-FM (1964-1967) WWSM (1967-1989) WMMV (1989-1992) WYMZ (3/92-10/92) WNWT (1992-1993) |
| Affiliations |
Yahoo! Sports Radio ESPN Radio (selected programing) |
| Owner | Dot Com Plus, LLC |
| Sister stations | WZEW |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wnsp.com |
WNSP (105.5 FM, "Sports Radio 105.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Bay Minette, Alabama, USA. The station, founded in 1964, is currently owned by Dot Com Plus, LLC. WNSP and sister station WZEW broadcast from the former Smith Bakery building in Mobile, Alabama. WNSP's transmitter is near Bay Minette.
Since September 11, 1993, WNSP has broadcast a sports talk format to the greater Mobile metropolitan area. In addition to its daily lineup of local programs covering the Southeastern Conference, golf, hunting, fishing, NASCAR, and other regional sports, the station features select programming from ESPN Radio. WNSP is the flagship station of the University of South Alabama men's basketball radio network. The station is the Mobile affiliate of the New Orleans Saints radio network and both the Auburn Tigers football and Auburn Tigers basketball radio networks. Beginning with the 2009 college football season, WNSP became the affiliate for the University of South Alabama Jaguars football program.
On February 16, 2009, the station began airing the regionally syndicated The Paul Finebaum Radio Network on weekday afternoons, replacing a locally-hosted program. The station cited budgetary reasons for the change in lineup.
This station began regular broadcast operations on October 1, 1964, as WBCA-FM. Broadcasting with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power, the Faulkner Radio, Inc.-owned station was the FM sister station to WBCA (1110 AM). As with the AM station, the WBCA callsign was said to stand for "Wonderful Baldwin County Alabama". James H. Faulkner, owner of Faulkner Radio, also owned The Baldwin Times newspaper and had served as the mayor of Bay Minnette from 1941 to 1943.
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